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A magic blade of goblin slaying, melted down and reforged into a helmet. Still does +1 to goblins, but you have to throw it at them, or headbutt them with it on.

Warlock patron: Astral suitcase. It is infinite. It is eternal.

Some favourite homebrew items of mine: Silent Witness: A sword that is completely silent. It makes no sound when cutting, stabbing, being unsheathed etc. It also lets you cast Silence once per long rest. Simple, but my rogue really enjoyed it. A bracer that projects a shield of force (bonus action to activate/deactivate). The shield is just a regular plus 2 to AC. However, once per rest you can overcharge the bracer to cast the Shield spell (so plus 7 to AC) but the shield is then unusable until a rest. A sword with a clear crystal blade that lets the player cast Counterspell against magic of fire, cold or lightning. If successful, it absorbs the element of the spell and deals 1d6 of that damage type for the next 8 hours. During this time, the Counterspell cannot be used. However, a player can remove the element from the sword by doing something appropriate for the element in question. They could place the fiery sword in cold water or snow for an hour, sink the blade in dirt for an hour to discharge the lightning etc. It gives players a choice: do I need the Counterspell or the extra damage more?

I love the content, but the intros are always extra nice gems.

I find people forget inventory. Scrolls and potions and boutique ammo end up forgotten on the back of the character sheet. So I make cards for consumables. When you burn it, you hand it in. When you are playing you have a fan of resource cards in front of you.

I feel like bog standard items like a +1 sword or a cloak that gives you +1 AC should be reserved for stuff that you can buy. If your party wants to get one they can find a magic shop and buy it, it'll be better than what they currently have but it's not going to be amazing. If you're going to give it to them as treasure, make it something with some kind of unique effect like the ability to run on water.

I made a flute of animal messenger once for my players - the trick being that it summoned the same squirrel each time, Gimmer. Got to give him a personality and everything

Another option with magic items is having them come in parts. When my players were creating characters, I let them have any magic item they could think of that didn't doing anything real in game mechanics but fit their characters back story. The ranger came up with a bow that spouts witty one liners when he shoots enemies. I then used that as a base for future magic item rewards. For example, he first got a quiver that is a companion to the bow that returns and mends fired arrows (yay no more ammo tracking) but is sentient and told him about the poor state of the bow. Next he will find a magic bow string that it turns out was originally part of his bow that increases damage (instead of just finding a +1 bow) and now his bow starts to gain a personality as it is a little more complete. Next will be guards that attach to the front of the bow to protect it so he can now use it to defend against melee attacks (+1 AC vs melee) but also has slots for gems. Then there are gems for different damage types, a sight for +1 to hit and allow ricochet shots, etc. The more complete bow can now converse and give advice on how to fight an enemy: "No don't use fire against a fire elemental! Have I taught you nothing?!". They're only at level 5 now so it's all still a long way off.

I really enjoy using scaling magic items that grant a bonus to whatever it does equal to half of your proficiency bonus. It requires attunement, and it usually has some little additional ability.

I always loved the way Earthdawn handled magic items. No such thing as 'just' a magic sword, it's an item with stories, legend or even personality attached. And the more you discovered the stories, or added to the legends, the more you unlocked the magical properties.

I love minor magic items and one time use items. Also, items who grow with a character if certain things are met. Super fun.

Transferring magical properties from one item to another. I gave my players this option ONCE when a high powered wizard provided them the boon. Sort of like a custom crafting event, so they got to port magic from items found to items they are emotionally attached to. I think it worked well.

The most hilarious homebrew magic (cursed) item I've ever added to one of my campaigns was for a player that loved to horde magic items, jumping at claiming them before anyone else could see if they could use them, if they were safe, etc. I wish I had a picture of his face when I asked for his character sheet and explained that he'd proudly just donned a Helm of Devouring. I sketched a little pic of a cartoon helm with eyes and teeth gleefully munching away at all that was left of him, a pair of boots.

10/10 like normal keep up the awesome work web dm crew never a disappointment

Lighter of Bic, The Mad Mage: An ordinary red lighter that appears to be non-magical in nature. When activated using the plunger, a Fireball spell of a random level (1d6+3) is cast in the direction of the nearest enemy.

This video comes at the perfect time! I'm homebrewing three magical weapons... ancient Celestial weapons that devils are looking to corrupt for their own devices, and the party is looking to find them first.

“Archaeologist militia” is a delightful phrase.

Reskinning normal items is so much fun. My new group just found a Wand of Magic Missiles, but instead of a wand it was a frog that burps magic misslies when you squeeze him (or command him to do so if you can speak to animals). They found him in a hag's hut, she fed him special herbs and spell ingredients to 'enchant' him. Especially for experienced parties, this is a way to hype up every day magic items.

Bio-mechanical Items involving symbiotic relationship with exotic/mutant creatures reminds me of Flintstones Dino-tech

*Leomund's Sleeping Bag* _Wondrous Item, rare_ This large drawstring bag contains an extradimensional space, approximately six feet in diameter and seven feet deep. The bag can hold up to 1000 punds, not exceeding a volume of 198 cubic feet, and can fit up to two Medium sized creatures comfortably. While closed, the contents of the bag are protected from weather and temperature, and living occupants can breath freely while inside. The bag can be opened or closed from inside. This item otherwise has the properties of a _bag of holding_ .

In my campaign, I've adopted Earthdawn's approach to magic items, by weaving threads to empower them. The more intimate becomes your knowledge of an item's lore and purpose, the more of its powers you unlock. Think of it as levels of attunement.

Anytime I'm starting a campaign I have asked my players to write a backstory for me and if they do I will grant them a magic item of my choice. This magic item is very often a custom-made one tailored to that character keeping their back story and abilities in mind. Making magic items is an important part of being a GM

My favorite little thing is to have different (items) of holding. It totally makes sense for a well off mariner to have a sea chest of holding for instance. Or for a small merchant ship to be able to have barrels with the same enchantment, to making shipping things easier. Or instead of a bag or large box, a tiny jewelry box that is still extra dimensional but isn't as big on the inside as a bag of holding.

I've been waiting for this episode for a long time specifically for helping me make artifacts for my players

Jim Davis - “We got it? PRUITT! We got it?” Pruitt - “Oh yeah, we got it.”

One item i would expect to be common is an "Amulet of prophylaxis" it prevents both conception and disease.

The diversity of single use items beyond the norm is definitely making it into my campaigns. A magic lotion that boosts charisma for a bit or throwing a small gem on the ground to make an effect or someone/thing owing a "favor" all sound great.

Magic Sword +1 Magic Item, Uncommon. The enchantment has become slightly unstable upon rolling a 1 for an attack roll cast Heat Metal on the sword. There you go, Done.

I was hoping that the chest would be the pulp fiction chest for a second

I like elemental weapons or items that do additional damage, for example, lightning until you use an ability or roll a crit. Then it gets that big burst, but loses the constant energy.

I made a magical stale muffin, and if you can stomach all of it, you can just summon a flumph

I always wanted to play in a high magic setting, where magic is so common it's almost indistinguishable from modern day. Disposable self grooming razors and brushes can be bought from any corner market stall. Every home has an enchanted cold cabinet to store their produce in. WeaveNet connected seer crystals (EyeStones) allow denizens to communicate with each other instantly. Arcanomechanical Engineers design auto-enchanters for large scale factories. Air Djinn Express delivers products from all over the plane straight to the consumer. It's how I imagine the world would look right before the Calamity - like a magical D&D Jettsons.

I made spells like booming blade, green flame blade into magic items. Specifically to discourage the need to multiclass into warlock/sorcerer and works fantastically

Rolled high on initiative this time. Never been this early. Great topic for a video!

For DND Beyond after looking over things I crafted a Ring of Holding. It seemed like something so obvious that was needed, and it didn't already exist. The area it could contain was modeled after a bag of holding but since a ring is much smaller, so too was the space and weight it could hold. I thought it would be perfect for a Rogue to hide their ill gotten gains in plain sight.

I really like the notion of magic items that unlock additional features once they are in their "awakened" form after certain circumstances are met

Love the name drop of Bruenor and how he made a +5 equivalent maul, perfect segue into how ANYONE should be allowed to make a magic item.

You know, this episode reminded me about a show I used to watch as a kid called Xiaolin Showdown. Basically, the whole show centered around finding magic items. It might serve as good source of inspiration for some magic items. Anyways, great episode as always guys!

Two features I like to play with when making items are concentration and levels of attunement. For example, you could have a sword that gives some benefits normally, but becomes more powerful if the character expends a second (or third) attunement slot on it. I especially like playing with this when dealing with sentient weapons, allowing stronger and stronger buffs (with appropriate trade off or risks when dealing with evil weapons) based on how devoted the character is. Concentration is fun to play with because it lets non-caster classes actually get some use out of the concentration resource, and lets you introduce risk-reward into items. For example, say a ring of haste which, by spending an action, allows a character to grant themselves the haste effect but only for as long as they maintain concentration, with them suffering the usual drawbacks if the haste effect ends.

Magic scabbards! You need a magic scabbard. Just like the story of king Arthur. *the mariner sword example is what reminded me of this

I like items with a static bonus when wielded normally (+1, etc.) and another ability that you only get when attuned.

The DM for a game I’m playing in gave each character an item tailored to the characters’ backstories, that evolve with us as we level. My character has her mother’s scimitar that does radiant damage on a crit, and lets me burn spell slots to make more attacks as a bonus action (letting me cast support spells and still use the sword), our Minotaur celestial warlock/barbarian has a relic that can cast prayer of healing as an action once per day and can concentrate on a spell for him while he rages, but becomes targetable and has to role checks, the Druid has an breast plate that shifts with her beast shapes and can cast stone skin once per day. I love how the items enhance our play styles and tie into our stories as we travel. I’m so excited to learn legend lore to learn more about them and their histories. I’m real worried the hexblade’s (he’s kind of like this Arthurian knight to some king with a magic sword who sketches me out) sword is possessed or something.

My first Homebrew magic item was a great axe called "Enforcer". It was a +2 great axe that anytime you hit with a melee weapon attack with the weapon, you can spend a charge to deal an extra 2d10 force damage and cause the target to make a dc 16 strength save. On fail the target is knocked prone. It also had the ability to cast thuder wave for 2 charges with ever extra charge the effect is stronger. It had a Max charge of 6 charges. I was pretty proud and I'd love to bring it back.

My group each had a cowbell with a different enchantment, so we became known in the world as the Cowbell Crew.

Great discussion. As a Runequest, Cthulhu, Ravenloft and WoD storyteller, I try to make my magical itens a quest to construct or to search. Make them few, make them powerful, make them relevant and always have a few in any of them. Stronger itens may come with continuous use, the wrong decisions and the tentation of corruption. A good item might transforme into a a legend with the stories growing, perhaps some curses depending on the moral choices.

My players helped a wizard recover his research into an adamantine conditioner for leather and hide, which was stolen by ... a group of lycanthropes hoping to produce it for themselves. The conditioner provides a temporary benefit (nullify crits) that getsore persistent the more times it gets used, eventually becoming a permanent adamantine infusion, thereby nullifying critical hits. The conditioner can only be applied once per 10 days initially, and after the 50th application the effects lasts 100 days, and can be applied once per 100 days. It is permanent after the 55th application.

I really like the idea of a magic oil that gives a weapon a magical effect for like an hour

Great guys! I really enjoy your opinion on using magic items as part of a culture!

"Pastes, creams, aerosols...". You can tell Jim Davis has been flying recently

I made an item that bargains your health for Spell Slots. (you need atleast 300 hp for a 9th level spell slot) and most of what i wrote is to stop exploiting game mechanics with it. That was fun! Hag's Bargain, I put it on the Homebrew Reddit.

My favorite is a "Family Heirloom" named Phenrafang. It's a +3 Vorpal Quick Blade. A +3 to hit, a +3 on damage, a +3 for initiative, and a +3 to AC.

Love the video, 100% relate to Jim David's apparent tendency to forget magic items.

One of my favourite items I ever created is the Dimensional Key, lets you cast Dimension Door once per day, strong fun, and can have great lore attached super easily.

Talking about magic items reflecting culture, in the setting i'm designing, there's an big archipelago full of islands and people and fish and things, and about two centuries before the present date, a guy called Jiven rose up and united the squabbling little island territories, becoming Guardian (effectively a King). To cut out a bit of history, effectively there's this artifact called the Crown of the Guardian, and this video really helps me in trying to design its properties.

There's this one anime called MAR-Heaven that had this really fun concept of *ALL* the things are magic weapons (called ARM) and I would REALLY love to do that one day! Swords, shovels, quarterstaffs, pocket dimensions, summons...you name it, it was probably an ARM, which are wearable trinkets/accessories that would, on a few seconds of concentration, summon the ARM to it's true form. This video reminded me to work on it again after a year or so of altered interests, so thank you for making this vid!

Love it been working on a npc who could teach players to craft magic items the twist is the strongest weapons are made using demons and they usually curse the weapon/ have sentience.

As always the opening was gold. My limited experience with custom magic items is, balance is difficult. But this advice should help mitigate those issues.

I've been wanting a video like this for a long time, thanks guys!

Magic items are one of my favorite things about this game. So much fun. I loved this episode. ⚔️

Testing experimental magic items is part of the campaign I'm working on.

This was interesting. I hadn't put much thought into creating my own magic items, but it's right up my alley. I think I'll give my rogue a dagger that's a sentient. It's very old, so it's also a bit senile. When you roll a 1 it get's scared and screams. Not great if you happen to be sneaking! Thanks for another inspiring episode. Fourth session coming up this weekend gents. It must be going well because my oldest daughter (14) invited a friend to play with us for third session. Everyone had a great time. They're still getting their heads around roll playing, but other than that, it's going well. Both I and my wife have musical theater backgrounds, so that helps.

Probably my favourite intro of yours so far. That was well done.

Players of mine going through Curse of Strahd met Mordenkainen (as you do). He gave them a magical item I created. It doesnt have a name, it doesnt have a defined use, it just has charges, that do not refresh. He tells them 'when you need something, and you will know, use this.' WHAT THE ITEM DOES, is when used it casts any one of the 'mordenkainen' named spells from any existing edition of D&D that is most apt for the current situation.

Ya crafting in game magic items is something that takes a few years to get into learning.. I like to take 2 or 3 low magic items and make a plus 5, our gm only let's us do plus 5 because we tried to do a plus 15 battleaxe, uh uh

YESSSS. Been waiting for this episode!

I have been waiting for this episode since I first found you guys! It isn't even Christmas.

Welcome to the ONLY non gameplay dnd content creators that make good intros.

In my homebrew there is a type of crystal "Vantarite" from my version of the shadowfell "giant's grave" basically once a crystal makes it to the prime material it gain's a magical trait but instead of falling into the normal 8 schools it manifests as a negative or opposite version, I.E. one of my players got his hand's on a great sword that is anti-Evocation.

You get a thumbs for the intro alone!

I have one that I promised to share in my comment on you "gold spending" video: an enchanted ship in a bottle. There are pros and cons to owning one, but the expense would be absolutely ridiculous to actually acquire one even with connections: one would need to be rich enough to buy 5 nations. Pros: 1. Passage on a ship is always guaranteed 2. Fees involving the vessel ranging from paying the crew up and including port taxes are avoided 3. Can serve as a mobile stronghold Cons: 1. Bottle must be safeguarded at all times due to it being the source of its enchantments 2. The type of vessel inside is all that's available 3. The bottle being damaged or even destroyed has 1 of only 2 repercussions: A: Damage to the bottle with the vessel being outside will hit the player party's pocket B: The vessel still being INSIDE will render the vessel being useless and any items in it (even those not part of the accommodations) will be lost forever The reason for the massive expense is because of the time needed to actually create it and possibly a crew to man it while in use along with the enchantments for that, replenishment of consumables, etc.

Been waiting for this one.

Love this intro as well guys! Great topic to cover.

Great intro! Looking good Jim!!!

I got my players very excited when they rescued a sentient magical flying cape from the clutches of a hag, only for the cape not to want to be possessed. The cape representing freedom from bounds and joyous expression of movement. The cape wrapped itself around the neck of the person who freed it from it's chest, dramatically billowing and lending an air of heroism to the wearer, then the cape flew into the air and started chasing birds, it tumbled through the air chasing one of my player's mage hand, with the player trying to trick it into entering their bag of holding. The cape saw through how this person just wants to possess them, and then it flew off into the horizon..

Looking forward to hear how you guys handle Homebrew magic items!

My DM had my Arcane Archer go on an epic campaign long quest for what we later would refer to as the Patriot Arrow And the Bow of the Elements. The arrow had it's own special carrying holster that attached to my quiver. It did massive dmg and when paired with the Bow could be imbued with various other effects (for instance on a sea voyage one time before I really knew what I had, I activated what I guessed was the flame element gem and fired at the mast of the attacking raider ship rolled a Nat 20 and the arrow activated a massive flame explosion effect that blew a huge hole in the deck and sank the enemy ship). The catch was after every use I had to roll percentile dice and if the die roll was a multiple of 13 the arrow would disappear into the twisting nether, if I succeeded at the roll the arrow would go dormant and was unusable for a certain amount of time I think it was a d6 worth of days. Through the use of a ritual I could attempt to call it back to it's holster but, there was no guarantee it would immediately return. The Bow was etched with runes and embedded with various gems related to dif element (fire, air, water, etc) and came with a book of instructions on how to activate it's various other abilities. The catch with the bow was that if it was dmg'ed it was hard to repair because it was made of rare materials and if I rolled a 1 on my attack there was a chance for one of the gems to shatter (lol I broke the bow string at least twice and had some interesting conversations with npc's trying to track down replacements lol). I had to spend time during our rest period studying the manual and eventually by the end of his career he unlocked all it's secrets. Like at first I could only activate one gem (element) at a time but, after a little while I learned how to combine dif ones together for interesting results. :D

Time to keep the Ring of Catapult Alive. Requires Attunement, Functions as Wand of Magic Missile with the following changes. 9 Charges, no chance to Self Destruct, each charge fires a Magic Missile in the form of a housecat. When the cat manifest, it has 1/2 d8 hp, and takes the same amount of damage as it dealt to the target. Cursed Variant: Should a Cat die on impact, in 1d100+1 days, it's ghost begins to manifest each nightfall constantly bawling at the user that gave it life only to experience pain and then immediately die. There is no limit to the number of ghost that may follow the user. To be honest, I've never handed out a non-cursed version. We recently had a trigger happy rouge use up all the charges each day until a few months later and the first night with a cat yowling at him bothered him. Party blamed it on the shack they called in. Then the next night, 6 cats appear.....

I'd like to show how I give away tons of homebrew loot and it drives the party crazy with fomo. Most items have to be "identified" and this means they need to be taken to camp where an NPC can help unlock its stats for attunement etc. I homebrew a mechanic that replaces weight carry. It is a utility belt that has limited spaces. I'll spare the details for brevity, but i'll say that a limited component pouch has to be used up for spells, among other things like medicine and religion. - Horse saddle has 6 slots for any item within reason. - Caravan Wagon at camp has 8 slots per player. - Most missions are traveled to on horseback from the wagon caravan that stays at a safe distance. Limit Attunement to 1 armor/clothing, 1 weapon, 1 accessory at a time. I hand out lots and lots of interesting loot, but because what they can haul/attune is limited, and their mission is always on a time crunch, so they have to pick which items to carry out. This does several things. 1. it forces the players to use their items and components because they know more is coming, instead of hoarding/selling them. But the risk is the fact that most items are unknown until they are identified at camp. Some items may be junk, or cursed, while other wonderous and unique. 2. It makes the team have an important synergy discussion regarding what to take in beforehand. Do you max out your kit and saddle, or do you go in with empty slots? Who will tote the empty backpack, and what kit/tools will we lose in its place? It also makes the player interested in learning lore before they go in. they approach it like the witcher, and they want to take items relevant to what they think they will be facing. great for role play if you are a lore heavy DM. 3. Identifying items after the session is a great downtime mechanic to do between sessions, and since our party caravan travels with merchants of different expertise, I get to roleplay about the item with them in messenger. I don't always know what my next session will be exactly until the decisions they make in session affect the story, but the loot they bring to identify is a great way as DM to foreshadow what is coming, and even homebrew some plot devices that can make things way easier for a player who is paying attention. 4. If the party gets too OP with all the items, I often run a caravan ambush scenario where entire wagons can be destroyed or thieves attempt to steal in the night. The dice rolls and the decisions they make determine how much loot I steal from them.

An idea I read somewhere that I like and use in my games is that weapons with a +1 or higher enchantment teach the wielder how to use that kind of weapon, like the player feels a nudge on their feet and arms correcting stance and over the course of a few weeks or months of practice the character gets proficiency in that type of weapon (longsword, dagger, bow, etc)

99% of my magic items are custom. Even the healing potions that range from 4d4-3(1-13hp) to Regen 1hp each round for 10 rounds.

It's the suitcase from Pulp Fiction

Reaching web Dm videos makes me wish you could like the videos twice

I like to take something D&D doesn't do often but does well. I like that there are "utility" magic items and artifacts that have good abilities that you know will work every time. A plus one sword will give you that plus one every time without fail. 5e you can play without magic items but some games require the use of magic items at higher levels to not die, and the players have to be able to rely on them. And I like that there are cursed ones that look safe but are dangerous when you use them. But I like to include something that is not so common. That is, items with huge benefits but significant draw-backs. My simple example is the double-cross-bow: it has two arrow-grooves and two strings so you can fire two quarrels with one reload-action. But it is magical so on a natural 1, one of those bolts is fired at the wielder and damages them as a critical hit. It's powerful but risky. Other examples you could take from good ol' Tolkien. Take a orc-bane sword that glows a faint blue-white light whenever orcs are around. Say a 300 foot radius. It is magic and deals a lot more damage to orcs. What's the risk or drawback you ask? Well, it's a bit hard to hide when you are sneaking about with a bloody glowing sword! Even sheathed it will glow and some of that light wil filter through if the scabbard isn't specially made. The other thing might be a spellbook that has a useful spell that you can cast once per day without expending your spell-slots and it's a different spell each day. But the book is also the phylactery of an ancient lich or the seal to the prison of a powerdul magic-wielding creature, and each spell brings the creature closer to freedom. Maybe the DM could roll 1d100 to see how many spells are needed to cast to free the thing, and tell or not tell the players at their own disgression. For my inspiration I like to use actual mythology. There are so many riches in Celtic and ancient European, Asian and African mythology that you could fill entire books with just ideas for magic weapons. My favourite might be a Celtic myth of a spear that once thrown, it will not stop flying and hitting enemies until it is caught or all the enemies are dead. It had to be kept in a broth of milk, wine and poppy-juice to keep it sleepy so it wouldn't constantly attack people. Thor's hammer is another great one, and for magic swords, the many versions of Excalibur and other magic swords of Arthurian legend like the non-wounding Courtain or Cortana come to mind.

Currently I'm running a homebrew campaign and I created a corporation called Battle-Hammer Industries which is a clan of Dwarven Forge Clerics who create and sell Magic Items. As a huge fan of Diablo I like a ton of unique loot in my games

In one of our campaigns the party found an Amulet of Questioning. When someone puts it on they are immediately changed to the opposite sex permanently. The barbarian in the group, who was really impulsive, just put it on rather than have it identified. When he discovered what it did, he immediately tried to put it on the arrogant, male paladin the group. After a failing the saving throw, the paladin was changed as well. It was pretty hilarious when they had to deal with guys hitting on them at the local tavern.

Common Magic Item: A Magic Ring that can't get dirty or be destroyed. That's all it does. Made as a symbol of the Union of two kingdoms.

My favourite item I've made for my campaign was when I converted the Fallout 4 Super Sledge into a little something I called the Rockethammer. It's so satisfying seeing the player wield it with reckless abandon.

The only tinkering I've done with magic items (admittedly I've only been dming for like 2 months) is taking the +1 plant killing axe from phandelver (hew), turned it into a +1 axe of orc slaying, and changed the location so I could make sure it got into the hands of one of my dwarf players, who hates orcs.

What I'm getting from this video is that every magic item needs to be significant to the game for some reason. Players should never be able to respond to finding a magic item with, "Oh, that's cool."

Imbue item, plus spell of choice makes most magic spells, get a ingredient list for potions, I have a wand that can open planar gate to any of the planes plus a spell that restores spells imbued into it.. I love it, travel to any plane at will

Does anyone else find the Web DM videos are getting quieter and quieter? I feel like I never used to struggle to hear them, but lately I have my laptop on max volume and its still pretty quiet.

a vial of healing. an empty vial that you cast a spell into and it fills up as a potion of healing = to a cure spell of that spell level usable 1/short or long rest.

Pulp Fiction reference flew over my head the first watch.

Repurposing earlier magical items could be something neat; perhaps use them as fuel for something (spell, other magic item or donations to certain groups or maybe go with sort of pseudo-crafting systems; enchantment (that in setting could be a spirit or demon inhabiting weapon) can be moved into other items, usually exhibiting same function. With really powerful binding, you can force and meld two spirits together and bind to new/old item. This could also produce some adventure in ways, as you could create mishap possibility; maybe the two fuse in some unexpected way, or the binding fails and enchantment gets to roam free. Maybe these bindings can also produce drawbacks that represent their spirit in some ways.

You could make a +4 weapon out of goblin teeth if you beat an entire goblin host into submission with your bare hands, and pull every single tooth out one by one in the name of some evil being.

I'm thinking about using an optional Rule whereby you role to see how well your attunement to an item goes. So if you are a paladin based in light maybe the personality of a staff of darkness is really counter to the rest of your character but the rogue might not have that problem. Or if you really want to you either keep attempting the attunement or maybe take some rp actions to influence the items perception of you.

Wow, I was just thinking about making a magic item!

We’re do you guys get your miniatures, they look awesome, and I need some more for my players, I love the channel! Keep up the great work!

I remember the comic Nodwick by Aaron Williams, I'm kind of disappointed the comic doesn't have any new stories going on, had what it claimed was a "Legendary Artifact" but was just really silly, the Clue by Four (a plank of wood on a wooden handle). What makes the Clue by Four so special? When you get hit by it then your Int is bumped up for a short time. I actually did my best to recreate it in D&D Beyond, so the Clue by Four is now existing as a homebrew magic item for 5E on D&D Beyond